Baling-machine.



R. M. MOWRY.

BALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 211.21. 191s.

R. M. MOWRY.

BALING MACHINE.

APPLIGATIG" FILED FEB. 21, 1913.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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R. M. MOWRY.

BALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1EB.21, 1913.

1,076,601. Patented oct.21,1913.

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R. M. MOWRY. BALING MACHINE.

v APPLIGATION FILED FEB.21, 1913. 1,076,601. Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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wncooeo R. M. MOWRY.

' BALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED TERZI, 1913.

1,076,601. Patented o@t.21,1913.

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R. M. MOWRY.

BALING MACHINE.

PPLIOATION FILED 11:11.21, 191s.

1,076,601. Patented 0111.211913.

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ROY M. MOWRY, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSEGNOR OF SNE-'HALF TQ CHARLES A. MARKVJELL, OF LGS ANGELES, CLFORNA.

BALING-IIIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ltntente Set. git, $13.

Application filed February 1913. Serial No. 7619.937.

lowing to he e full, clear, and exact, descrip tion or the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art. to which it, tippen tenis to make and use the saine.

This invention oomprehends improvements in heling machines and relates more particularly to those which are especially adapted for heling such materials as hay and straw, and which may be connected rectly to o threshing machine.

The primary object of the invention resides in th'e provision of a. hailing machine of this nature, which shall loe automatic in eprint-ion, very efficient, and `which may be connected directly to :i threshing machine to receive the material from the blower stackingpipc and. equally distribute the 'strev and ohatl in each bale.

Another and more specific object of the invention resides in tho provision of a ma; chine of this nature, which shall be equipped with Anovel means for feeding! and packing the material into the billing chamber.

The invent-ion also aims to `,encrally improve devices of this nature, to render them more compact in structure, niortI mechanically perfect in operation. and more comn'iercielly desirable.

With these and other objects in View. as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in een tainl novel features ot construction, couibination. and arrangement ot' parts, :is will loe' hereinafter described and claimed,

For e complete understanding of my invention, reference is to loe had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure l is a side elevation or a Daling' machine constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig: 2 is a fragmentary toi) plan View of said machine, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the rear endof mV improved maling machine, Fig. 4 is a. lonnitudinal vertical sectional View through e central portion ot seid inachiue. Fig. 5 is ection taken on the plane of line 5- #5 of iig. 4, Fig. ti is a trent elevation partly in oi' Los Angeles and' the tensioning' device. plan viewsot the mein' f. Y

es\ecti .f'" Y detail View .of a.

plunger with the fir the retaindeaii View, sho-iw i n between the plunger and Mining pluto. y 'ollowi Vf cription andino-conipuuying draw-ings similar parts will be referred to and designated ny like reerence characters.

Rezerring in detail to the drawings by numerals. 153 desi nates, generally, e truck haring the longitudinal side bers i6 and hars i7, said truck hein?? suitably supported upon W 1S. l

designates, generally the body of niy i i hailing; machine, snif .body oomprisinw top und bottoni Wells and 2l, respectively, and side mills 2Q, The side Walls extend rearwardly beyond the top wall 2O and lorm in conjunction with said top Wall and the bottom wall 2l, a hailing chamber.

A Vpair of uprights Q3 and 24 extend upwardly from @zich of the side bars of the truck on opposite sides of the heling chmuher and serve to reinforce the salue. Plates are secured to the uprightsV ot" each pair and form the sides ot :iy hopper "2G, sind hopper discharging into the. lmliug chiunbor. Rollers 27 ure rigid with shafts Q3 :unl 2W and support 'endless enrous or drzipcrs S0 and 3].' said dinners sei-ring' to partly close the front :1nd reni' sides ot' the hopper .Et'. A plurality of arched strips Tf) are seein-ed at. their upper ends in spared relutit'mship to a transverse har 323 :unl at their lower ends to the top wall 20 of the` lmliug' ohnmber adjacent its rear end. A tension 'feed plate 33 is pivotally secured intermediate its ends by means of suitable fasteners S4 to the uprights 94,. A. c ntrnctile spiral spring 34 is connected to enc extremity of a transverse har 35 which extends across the top of the feed tension plate-433'. and to the uprights 23. Adjustingscrcws 36 are threaded throurh the transverse be. into cngzigcmen with the rear faces o the uptights 9.4, end nre for the purpose (if-adjusting' the width of the passage through the hopper 26. A hood 37 is secured to the uprights 23 and Aslattedcouvever 42 runs over rollers rigid with the shafts 43 and 44. The' upper shaft carries a pulley 45 which is adapted to vbe driven in a manner tobe hereinafter del scribed.

A. main drive shaft 46 is journaled transvcrsely of the machine through angular bearing plates 47 carried upon the side bars of the truck. A sprocket wheel 48 having'a clutch member 49 formed on its inner face, is slidably mounted upon thershaft 46 and may be moved to engage the clutch member 49 with the clutchmember 50. Power may be imparted to the sprocket wheel t-hrough any suitable means. The clutch members 49 and 5D may be thrown out of engagement by means of the levers\5 1, 52 and 53. A spring 54 tends to hold theclutch members nor mally in engagement with each other.

Pinions 55 are rigid with the main drive shaft 46 and mesh with large gears 56 carriedl upon the counter shaft 57, said shaft being also journaled through the bearing plates 47. Pinions 58 are rigid with the counter shaft 57 and mesh with the large `gears 59, which latter are secured to a crank shaft 60, l

An endless belt 61 is driven by av pulley '69. upon the end of the counter shaft 57 and ,in turn drives the pulleys 63 which are se- 71 tends to hold .the clutch lmembers .nor-

mally in engagement with each other.

A plunger 72 is adapted to be reciprocated within` the baling chamber and has secured to its rear side, by means of suitable brac s v73, a plunger rod 74, which is connected to the crank of the 'crank shaftv60. A retaining plate 7 5 is pivotally securedl to the top yof the plunger by means of suitable fasteners 76 and is supported at its rear end by means of thebraces 77 which are pivotally connected thereto and to the alined portions of the crank shaft.

A plurality of packer and feeder arms 78 to. links 79 which latter are pivotally secured to the top wall of the baling chamber. These f arms are secured intermediate their ends to a crank shaft 80 which is journaled transrersely above the heling chamber and which is rotated by means of a sprocket chain YS1 and sprocket wheels 82 and 83. The packer and feeder arms are adapted to project between the arched strips 32 into the hopper Q6 and torce the hay or straw downwardly into the ba-ling chamber. A plurality of dogs 84 are pivotally secured to the sides of the baling chamber and extend into the saine, as clearly shown in ll` ig. 11. Springs 85 are connected to the dogs by means of angular arms S6 and tend to hold the free ends of the same normally within said chamber. These dogs are for the purpose of pref venting theihay or straw being drawn rearwardly with the plunger. ik suitable tenu sioning device consisting of a yoke S7, cross bar 88,l springs 89, and tensicn nuts 90, is connected to the forward end of the body.

91 designates a grooved division board, which is used in forming thebales. The division boards may be dropped into the baling chamber in front of the plunger when the latter is in its rearincst position, without the necessity of stoppingthe machine, and this l consider to be an important feat'ure of my invention. A

Referring to Figs. 1 and 4, it will be seen that as the main shaft 46 is driven in a counter clockwise direction. the crank shaft is similarly rotated and will move the plunger from the forward position shown in full lines, to its rear position, shown by the dotted lines. As the plunger is moving rearwardly, the crank shaft 8() is being rotated in a clock-wise direction by means of the sprk'et chain 81 and its cooperating parts, and carries the packer and feeder arms 78 rearwardly into the hopper 2G and downwardly. The operation of the plunger and packer and feeder arms is so timed as to cause the and straw to be properly forced into the heling chamber. The retain; ing plate 75 prevents any material dropping to the rear of the plunger.

It the hay or straw is being taken from a stack, wagon, or the like, the carrier is arranged as shown in Fig. 3, and the endless conveyer 4Q passing thereover is driven simultaneously with the plunger and packer arms. Removable fenders 92 and 93 are 'adapted to be secured to the conveyer sections 38-and 39, respectively, and serve to prevent the hay or straw dropping from the latter. When the machine is being moved over the ground the fenders are removed and the carrier is folded as shown in Fil 1. When the hopper is being fed directly rom the blower stack pipe ofthe thresher, the entire carrier may be disconnected from said From the foregoing description taken in connection wit-h the accompanying drawings, it will be seen Athat I have constructed an improved baling machine which is aut-omatic and etiicient in operation, which may or may not be fed directly from a threshing machine, which may be partly or entirely thrown out of gearing by means of suitable clutches, and which is provided with a carrier which may be folded into a compact'form to facilitate traveling.

It is to be understood that while I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to this exact construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, but may make such changes as will fall within the spirit and scope" of the invention.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim is l n l. In a baling machine, the combination 4with a body having a baling chamber formed at the end thereof; of a vertical hopper discharging into the top of said baling chamber; endless aprons forming a portion of the front and rear walls of said hopper; a spring tension plate forming a ortion of the rear wall of said hopper; a p urality of `spaced strips completing the front wall of said hopper; a plunger adapted to be reciprocated withinV said balmg chamber; means working throuh said s aced strips for forcing material from the Iiopper into the path of the plunger; and means for driving said plunger, forcing means, and endless aprons.

2. AIn a baling machine, the combination with a. body having a baling chamber formed at one end thereof; of a vertical hopper dischargingfinto the.; top of said` baling chamber; means forming a portion of the front and rear'walls of said hopper for moving the material downwardly therethrough; a plurality of spaced strips com- 'balin shaftgeared to said first mentioned ing between the spaced strips and servingl to force material from the hopper into the path of the plunger.

3. In a balng machine, the combination with a body having a baling chamber formed at one end thereof, of a hopper 'discharging into the top of said baling chamber, a plunger adapted to be reciprocated within said. chamber, a crank shaft to which said plunger is connected/a rearwardly extending retaining plate pivotally secured to the top of said plunger, means secured to the alined portion of said crank shaft for supporting the rear end of the retaining plate,

and means for operating said crank shaft,-

the retaining plate preventing material from being discharged from the hopper to th rear of the plunger.

4. A baling machine comprisino in combination, a truck, a body mounted on said truck, a hopper discharging into Said body, means for carrying ,material to the top of said hopper, means for carrying material downwardly through said hopper, a plun.

ger adapted to be reciprocated within said 0' chamber, a main drive shaft, a counter shaft, means driven by said counter shaft for actuating the first and second mentioned means, a crank shaft geared to said counter shaft, said plun er being connected to the crank shaft, pac er arms adapted to force 'material from the hopper into said baling chamber, and means connected to the crank shaft for driving said arms.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

R01Y M. MOWRY.

X'Vitnesses:

S. MARKWELL, JAMES Si Rooms.

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l Washington, D. C. 

